On a second try today Elizabeth Aponte, of the 400 block of Chestnut Street but who recently lived in the 300 block of Lehigh Street, successfully pleaded guilty.

Aponte pleaded guilty to statutory sexual assault and will is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 8. Under the terms of the deal, she will receive a county sentence where the minimum would be capped at 11 1/2 months.

Aponte has been in prison in lieu of $100,000 bail.

During Monday's hearing Aponte repeatedly said she didn't force the boy and later claimed he initiated the sexual contact.

"I'm going to be honest with you. I did not force the boy ... I'm going to tell the truth. I'm not going to lie to you," said Aponte. "I didn't force him to do anything."

Police said it was the victim's mother who discovered the activity.

On Sept. 28 the mother saw hickeys on the boy's neck, according to court records. The mother checked his Facebook page and found sexual messages from a woman later identified as Aponte, records say. The mother confronted her son and he said Aponte forced him to have sex at her home, records say. The mother called police that night, police said.

In a later interview with a Lehigh County child interview specialist, the boy repeated that Aponte forced him to have sex, records say.

In an interview with police, Aponte admitted to the encounters, saying she had sex with the boy on two occasions and she gave him the hickeys, records say.

Aponte told police the sex was consensual and she thought he was 14, records say.

Lehigh County Assistant District Attorney Matthew Falk previously said the plea was offered, in part, because Aponte suffers from mental health issues as well as lack of cooperation from the victim and his mother.